The Stiftung Mater Dolorosa Berlin-Lankwitz (''Mater Dolorosa Berlin-Lankwitz Foundation'') is an independent nonprofit

foundation Foundation may refer to: * Foundation (nonprofit), a type of charitable organization ** Foundation (United States law), a type of charitable organization in the U.S. ** Private foundation, a charitable organization that, while serving a good cause ...

under the civil law of

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and

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

based in

Lankwitz Lankwitz () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Berlin. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Steglitz. History The locality was first mentioned in 1239 with the name of ''Lankowi ...

in the borough

Steglitz-Zehlendorf Steglitz-Zehlendorf () is the sixth borough of Berlin, formed in Berlin's 2001 administrative reform by merging the former boroughs of Steglitz and Zehlendorf. Home to Free University of Berlin, the Berlin Botanical Garden, and a variety of mu ...

. The foundation was founded by the parish

Mater Dolorosa (Berlin-Lankwitz) Mater Dolorosa is a Roman Catholic parish and church in Berlin-Lankwitz in Germany. Mater Dolorosa belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Berlin. It is named after Our Lady of Sorrows (Latin: ''mater dolorosa''). Location and urban environm ...

in 2006, and it was the first independent foundation of a parish within the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Berlin The Archdiocese of Berlin is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. The archepiscopal see is in Berlin, with the archdiocese's territory extending over Northeast Germany. As of 2004, the archd ...

. The foundation took into consideration the strong cut of financial grants by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Berlin which came along with the decline of church taxes and the consequential financial crisis of the archdiocese in 2003.

Mission

The mission of the foundation is to support the parish

financially. This can be realised by the sponsorship of church-related, charitable and non-profit matters.

Organisation

The Stiftung Mater Dolorosa Berlin-Lankwitz is a self-dependent foundation and it has two foundation organs: an executive three-person management board and a controlling five-person council board. Furthermore, the non-profit status is controlled by the governmental finance authority and independence and conformity to law are supervised by the governmental controlling authority. The foundation is supporting projects, but it is not acting operatively. The historian

Lorenz Weinrich Lorenz Hubert Weinrich (born 20 August 1929) is a German historian. Life Weinrich was born in Salzwedel, Altmark. He started studying history and classical philology at Freie Universität Berlin in 1948, and he earned his doctoral degree in ...

was co-founder of the foundation, the politician, lawyer and civil law notary

Barbara Saß-Viehweger Barbara Saß-Viehweger (née Weyand; born 4 August 1943) is a German civil law notary, lawyer, and politician. She is member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany. Early life and education Born in Worbis, Province of Saxony, Saß-Viehweger ...

is member since 2006 and the psychiatrist

Michael Linden Michael Linden (born 30 July 1948 in Simmern/Hunsrück in Rheinland-Pfalz) is a German psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy in the Charité University Hospital in Berlin. He was the first publishing ...

was member of the council board from 2009 to 2014.

External links

Website der Stiftung Mater Dolorosa Berlin-Lankwitz

References

* Annelen Hölzner-Bautsch: ''100 Jahre Kirche Mater Dolorosa. Geschichte der katholischen Gemeinde in Berlin-Lankwitz. 1912 bis 2012.'' Katholische Pfarrgemeinde Mater Dolorosa, Selbstverlag, Berlin 2012, S. 214 f.''100 Jahre Kirche Mater Dolorosa. Geschichte der katholischen Gemeinde in Berlin-Lankwitz. 1912 bis 2012''.
Mater Dolorosa Berlin-Lankwitz, retrieved 25 October 2015. {{coord, 52, 25, 22, N, 13, 20, 11, E, type:landmark_region:DE-BE, display=title Mater Dolorosa Berlin-Lankwitz Steglitz-Zehlendorf 2006 establishments in Germany